Safety-envelop.



v No. 693,300. Patented Apr. 22, I902,

c. H. MANN. SAFETY ENVELOP.

(Application filed. on; 23, 1901.

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Patented Apr". 22, I902.

c. H. MANN. SAEETY- ENVELQP.

(Application filed Oct. 23, 1901.v

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UNITED {STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

, CHARLES H. MANmfoF- HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

.- SAFETY-ENVELOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,300, dated. April as, ieoe. 1

Application filed October 23, 1901. Serial No. 79,701. Min field I l I To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. :MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haddonfield, in the county of Camden'and State the following is a'specification.

modified construction.

My invention relates to safety-envelope, and more particularly tothose adapted to;-be closed through the medium of a seal of wax, or like material-such, for instance, as is dis-' closed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 674,785, granted May 21, 1901, to myself and Clinton A. Higbee, and is designed to combine with the novel sealing feature set forth in said Letters Patent an improved construction of envelop thatwill be when sealed incapable of being tampered with'to abstract the contents without breaking the 'seal and also tearing the envelop.

The invention also embodies certain other novel features, as will be hereinafter-more definitely pointed out, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan view of an envelop-blank embodying the preferred form of construction. Fig. 2 is a similar view. of said blank formed into the envelop,.the sealingflaps being left I open for the reception of the contents. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the same, taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4isatrausverse sectional View taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4,=the inner sealing-flap being shown closed. Fig. 6 is also a view similar to Fig. 4, the envelop being shown closed and sealed. Fig. 7 is aplan view of a-blank, illustrating a slightly- V Fig. 8 is a view of the envelop formed from the blank shown in Fig. 7, the same being shown partly folded. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of said envelop. Fig. 10 is a similar view takenthrough the seal, showing the envelop closed and sealed and illustrating a slightly-modified construction of the seal. 7

Similar numerals of refe'rence'indicate cor-. responding parts'in the several views.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 6, the reference-numeral 1 denotes the front side of the envelop, the same being extended at its upper edge into the usual closing-flap 2, and 3 the back side, extended at its lower edge into a supplemental closingflap 4,soinewhat narrower than the flap' 2,'for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The back'piece 3 is providedon ea'chside with a narrow flap 5, while the front piece has attachedthereto the usual side flaps 6. r l

To form the envelop ready for the reception of'articles to be transported, the flaps 5 are first folded along thejlines 7, and, together with the back piece 3, are then foldedupon the front piece 1 along the line 8, the sides of said flaps 5 then contacting with the front piece 1, being united thereto by gum in the usual manner. The flaps 6 are then folded over onto the back piece 3 along the lines 9 and gummed thereto, and the envelop is ready for the'reception of articles, asshown in Figs.

2 and 3.

By reason'of the factthat the supplemental flap 4: is somewhat narrower than the flap 2 the former will not cover the. upper edge of.

the latterwhen in the position shown in Fig. '2, and the two flaps when in such position may not only be gummed at one operation, but may also be moistened at one operation when it is desired to seal 'the'envelop.

In using the envelopvthe contents are inserted thereinto between the flaps 2fand4, the flap 4, after having its g'ummed edge moistened, is folded down against the inner side of the front piece 'l'and sealed thereto, as shown'in Fig.5, and then the mainilap 2 is folded over onto the side flaps'o-andi'sealed thereto.

In connection with this envelop I have illustrated the novel seal disclosed in the Letters Batent hereinbefore referredit-o, the same consisting of an apertureddisk'ilofifattached to 'the under'side'of back piece 3 and registering with an aperture 11 therein, the back of said disk being closed in any suitable manner, as by a piece of material 12, attached thereto. The central end of flap 2 when foldedwill overlie said aperture 11, and by applyingthereto sealing wax or othersuitable sealing mediuma design; sealing-stamp may impress therein a seal below th'e'surface of the back piece 3 and at thesame time confine upper edge of the envelop.

triangular-shaped pieces 13, that are to be gummed when the flaps 2 and at are gummed and which fold down with flap 2 and unite With side flaps (5. It will thus be seen that the flaps 2 and 4 aiford a double thickness for the The flaps 5 and ti afford a similar double thickness for the side edges thereof, and the triangular pieces 13 effectually close the upper corners thereof and prevent any possible abstraction of the contents at these points,

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 I have illustrated a slightly-modified construction, the flaps 5 being folded up with back piece 3 and then folded inward with side flaps 6 against the outer side of back piece 3.

In Fig. 10 is illustrated a modified construction of the seal, the piece 12 on the back of disk 10 beingomitted, so that the sealingwax or other sealing material'will come in contact with the contents of the package, and thus seal the contents to the envelop, This construction is intended for use particularly when paper money is being transported, the package of money being first surrounded by the usual paper or linen bank-note strap 14, which underlies the aperture in the disk 10 and receives the sealing-wax thereon, thus firmly uniting the money-package to the envelop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a safety-envelop, a front piece and a back piece, the two when the envelop is formed lying in contact and constituting the closure, side flaps for retaining said front and back pieces in position, and a closing-flap upon eaclrof said front and back pieces, said flaps when the envelop is formed lying one against the other and having adhesive material on like faces thereof, the outer flap having its sealing-surface projecting beyond the edge of the inner flap, whereby the two gummed flaps are adapted to be moistened together.

2. In a safety-envelop, a front piece and a back piece, the two when the envelop is formed lying in contact and constituting the closure, inner side flaps attached to one piece and adapted to be sealed against the inner side of the other piece, outer side flaps attached to the other piece and adapted to be sealed against the outer side of the first piece, and a closing-flap upon each of said front and back pieces, said flaps when the envelop is formed lying one against the other and having adhesive material on like faces thereof, the outer flap having its sealing-surface projecting beyond the edge of the inner flap, whereby the two gummed flaps are adapted to be moistened together.

3. In a safety-envelop, the body portion having an aperture therein for the reception of a sealing medium, an apertured disk underlying and surrounding said aperture, a closing-flap adapted, when closed, to partially overlie said apertures, in combination with a confining-strap for the contents adapted to underlie said apertures and form the base for the reception of the sealing medium.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. MANN.

Witnesses:

REUBEN FITZKEE, J. OMAR G001). 

